Yu Jinnian couldn't sleep well because of the change of place, and in the middle of the night, he was still worried about Min Xuefei, so he went over to take a look every two hours. After I came back, I tossed and turned until the middle of the night, until I felt that there was someone more in the bed beside me, and I could get a response when I lifted my legs to wrap it around, and my breath was filled with a faint fragrance of clothes. Then I calmed down and fell asleep gradually.
Before the sun came up, Lian Zhi woke up from years of habit. The little eunuch outside the door tiptoed into the room, presented him with clean clothes and a basin of clean water, and waited for him to wash.
Afraid of waking someone up, Lian Zhi went to the warm pavilion next to him to wash and change his clothes. The little eunuch who served him was smart and knew what to do and what not to do without Lian Zhi saying a word. Lianzhi is exactly the same.
Lian Zhi hung his head, looking as if he hadn't rested, he put his hands into the sleeves of his clothes, the tip of his face was still steamed with wetness, the little eunuch helped him straighten his clothes, and whispered: "Yesterday A big prisoner asked, why didn't you go back to sleep?"
He didn't speak, but pricked up his ears to listen to the movement behind his head, because he was afraid that Min Xuefei would wake up suddenly and no one would wait for him. The little eunuch went around to help him straighten the belt again, which immediately blocked Lian Zhi's view of looking back, so he lowered his eyes and glanced at the little eunuch with displeasure.
But the little eunuch persevered, chattering and insinuating: "Young supervisor, when I was helping the chief supervisor wash his feet yesterday, the chief supervisor also said that the person in charge of the Queen's Department..." He pinched his little finger. It means that the eunuch in charge over there has violated Feng Jian's taboo, and will not stay long, "So I have an errand, and I'm afraid I won't be able to find someone to take care of it for a while. The eunuch is just saying, let Lian Shaojian you Those who can do more work, let’s watch for a month in the past.”
What is the place of the imperial treasurer? All the official utensils, gold and silver toys, musk deer, red sandalwood, glazed ivory, good things you have never seen before, you have to go through the imperial treasury, the palace hairpin rings of the palace empresses And grosgrain screens are mostly from this. The oil and water on the materials in the middle of the construction is a matter that is not clear, even if it is a little more "expensive", it can also be excused because the process is complicated and unavoidable, not to mention that it is only an ordinary year for the subordinates. Filial piety makes many people jealous.
As he spoke, he raised his eyes to see Lian Zhi's reaction.
This piece of fat is given to Lianzhi without even thinking about it. It has to be said that Feng Jian is really kind to this company's young prison. Whenever there is any good job, he always remembers his godson first. If he doesn't want it, it will be the turn of other sons and grandchildren to snatch it. Because of this, there have been many infighting on the Si Gongtai these years, and everyone stared at Lian Zhi like a jackal, for fear of missing the slightest clue about him, and waited for the day to get him out. He became a "son" at the top.
But for so many years, his own son is still his own son, and no one can mess with him, so those dirty rumors about him and the old eunuch spread.
The little eunuch smoothed the wrinkles on his back, and said cryptically: "Young eunuch, you have worked so hard, be careful to tire yourself. After all, the adult in the room... has nothing to say to us."
Being speechless means that the Min family will definitely not stand with Feng Jian. What he did was a waste of effort.
The little eunuch didn't quite understand, what was Lian Zhi doing for? With his status, he only needed to serve His Majesty and Feng Jian well, and when the chief eunuch left, wouldn't the Sigong Terrace be his? Why bother trying to curry favor with Min Xuefei who doesn't look down on him at all.
"Fusheng," Lian Zhi frowned slightly, pinned his cuffs, and said softly, "Haven't you had enough punishment yesterday? If you really don't want that piece of meat in your mouth, why not cut it off and feed it to the parrot in the back garden .”
The little eunuch sealed his mouth instantly, covered his hands tightly and shook his head violently.
Lian Zhi flicked his sleeves, turned around and went back to the inner room, filled the small silver charcoal from the box into the hearth of the furnace, lit it, and reheated the medicinal soup again. While cooking the medicine, he sat down and fiddled with the small golden bowls he brought yesterday. Inside the bowls were some soft and glutinous side dishes, the ones that melted in the mouth. He lowered his head and smelled it, feeling distressed for a while, so he had to ask someone to withdraw and do another job.
Stirring the steaming soup, he heard a soft hum from the couch, vaguely calling for water.
Lian Zhi hurriedly dropped the spoon, poured a cup of warm water and walked over quickly, supported the back of Min Xuefei's head with one hand, and brought the tea bowl to his mouth. This man had been ill for three days and two nights, his mouth was already dry and cracked. When he opened his eyes and saw the tea in front of his face, he immediately swallowed the cup with his mouth in a gulp.
"Slow down, slow down." Lian Zhi had to back away slightly, letting him take a sip before taking the second.
After drinking the tea, Min Xuefei woke up and was put back on the pillow again. She looked around in a daze, and saw a white onion-like hand in front of her, and a very familiar blue eunuch's clothes. Her expression suddenly changed. .
The little eunuch Fusheng came back from the back kitchen with a bowl of duck soup. A few spoonfuls of flour were specially stirred in the soup to make it easier for Min Xuefei to swallow. Lian Zhi took the duck soup, tested the temperature with the back of his hand, and blew gently on his mouth, then gave it to Min Xuefei to drink, and said softly: "Master Min, Mr. Yu Xiao ordered to drink medicine, but my lord I haven't eaten any decent porridge or noodles for two days, I'm afraid it will be uncomfortable to drink the medicine directly, so let's eat two mouthfuls of duck soup first to cushion my stomach."
Min Xuefei kept her mouth shut, turned her head and said in extreme resistance: "I don't need to—"
"Xiao Mister has been tossing about to save Lord Min until midnight, and he didn't rest until dawn. Ji Shizi also took over the errand, and there are many important things to deal with." Lian Zhi looked at him with downcast eyebrows, holding a bowl, " If your lord thinks that this life that was so easy to get back is not important, then you don't need to take medicine, and at worst, all the servants in this yard will be buried with you."
Min Xuefei misplaced her back teeth, took a deep breath, felt annoyed in her chest, and immediately felt pain again.
Lian Zhi regretted being serious again, shut his mouth quickly, grabbed his hand that was going to touch the sore spot in his chest, held it tightly and pressed it to his side, and said anxiously: "Can't move! The exhaust pipe is still inserted , be careful... Where does it hurt, is it here, or here?" He gently rubbed his fingertips along Min Xuefei's chest, and deliberately avoided the arrow wound he bandaged, "Is this better?"
Min Xuefei was startled by his action, for a moment he forgot to speak, let alone scold him for being presumptuous, and only measured him with a puzzled look. Lian Zhi rubbed him lightly for a moment, turned his gaze slightly, and met Min Xuefei's eyes. He suddenly withdrew his hand, his lips fluttered, not knowing how to explain his behavior just now, so he could only repeat embarrassingly: "... Anyway, no It's better to move."
"Drink the soup." Lian Zhi turned around, pinched himself, finally regained some confidence, and continued to force him to drink the soup with a treacherous look.
After being fed with soup and medicine, Min Xuefei was stuffed with water, and his mouth was bitter and salty, which was very unpleasant. He stared at Lian Zhi who was cooking tea at the table, and finally couldn't help it: "Young Supervisor Lian, are you okay?" What are you doing, you can spend time with a half-dead person like me."
Lian Zhi took a palm-sized small wooden box from Fu Sheng, walked to the bed, and when Min Xuefei opened his mouth to speak, he pinched something from the box and stuffed it into his mouth.
Min Xuefei: "..."
Lian Zhi smiled and asked, "Is it sweet?"
With a lump of candy in his mouth, Min Xuefei was dazzled by the smile on his face for a moment, and said dryly: "... sweet." Then he came back to his senses, stared at him angrily, and said duplicity, "I don't eat this kind of food." Children's play."
Unexpectedly, Lian Zhi was not angry, she bent her knees and sat down on his couch, ate a piece of candy, and said, "I also think it's quite a child."
"..." Min Xue was dumb for an instant, because he couldn't move, and he could only see half of the back of Lian Zhi's head when he lowered his head. He suddenly found that Lian Zhi had braided a thin braid, which was exactly the same as the black ink-like hair on the back of his head. And put it on the head, if you don't look carefully, you really can't see it. Little pigtails are not uncommon, but everyone knows that even the young prisoner is careful and prudent, so this little pigtail is a bit playful, but it doesn't suit him.
Facing this little braid, he vaguely remembered something, but he couldn't remember exactly what it was.
When he came back to his senses, the sugar in his mouth was already gone, barely suppressing the bitter taste in his throat from time to time.
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After Yu Jinnian got enough sleep, it was almost time for lunch. He asked the maid who was waiting for the wash, and said that Mr. Ji was called by the emperor to discuss important matters, and he would not be back for a while. , drank a bowl of egg drop soup made of duck soup, and then saw the duck rack at the bottom of the bowl, and then suddenly remembered the clove duck that was marinated by the maids of the dining hall last night.
So he jumped up immediately: "Where's my duck!"
"Young master, don't worry, the duck is still in the ice mirror." The maid who spoke smiled at him, then sat in the corner with her head down and cut carrots. Yu Jinnian took the duck out of the ice mirror, along with the seasoning in her belly Put one piece on the drawer to steam, then slipped over to take a look, and suddenly oops. She saw a piece of carrot the size of a copper coin, which was carefully carved in her hands, and instantly turned into a lifelike red hibiscus.
Yu Jinnian smiled and went up to get closer, and said cheekily: "My sister is very skilled! Can you carve a few for me? I want to give it away!"
The maid carved two radish flowers in no time, and stuffed them shyly into his arms.
Yu Jinnian caught the flowers, soaked them in a small bowl filled with clear water, and asked the little eunuch next to him to take them back to the room, and then turned around to look at the unassuming older sister, the elder sister, and the younger sister, and the court lady was amused by him. There was laughter and laughter, even the low-ranking eunuch who was sweeping the yard couldn't help but come in to see what was going on.
While speaking, the duck on the drawer was steamed. Yu Jinnian hurriedly stopped joking, lifted the duck out to control the moisture, emptied the belly, and spread a paste made of soybean flour, egg and salt sauce on the duck. The eunuchs over there heated up the oil pan, white smoke was steaming from the oil surface, and he dragged his neck to dip the duck into the deep fryer—after a while, the flour batter wrapped in the outside gradually rolled out the puff pastry, and the puff pastry layer burst It can be seen that the duck skin all over the body has been fried into oily red.
The temperature in the kitchen rises, the crispy aroma is overflowing, the crispy skin is fiery red, and the crackling oil flowers hook people's appetite.
Yu Jinnian fished out the fried crispy-skinned duck, sucked off the oily smell with a clean cotton cloth, then raised a knife and chopped it into several pieces and put them in a small wooden basket. After being rewarded with a piece, he happily went to try something new with the little sisters, while the rest of the little eunuchs swallowed hard and followed the maid's ass to smell the meat.
He walked to Mr. Min's room with the basket in his arms, just as Lian Zhi was about to stuff porridge and rice into Mr. Min's mouth, Min Xuefei had a reluctant expression on his face. Look at the actions of those two people, if it wasn't for the fresh fragrance of rice wafting in the room, Yu Jinnian would have thought that Lian Shaojian was extorting a confession by torture and poisoning Min Ji.
When the two saw him coming in, they stopped to make a fuss.
Min Xuefei rolled his eyes at the two of them, as if he would rather die than eat.
Yu Jinnian stood there pondering for a while, didn't say much, straightly opened the stool and sat down at the table, uncovered the white cotton cloth covering the basket, and as soon as the delicious crispy duck smell came out, he rolled up his sleeves and felt pain. He tore off a duck leg happily, bit the puff pastry on the outside, and sucked the juice flowing from the fresh and tender meat inside, making a click of his tongue.
Injuries belong to injuries, pain belongs to pain, and hunger is really hungry. Min Xuefei and Lianzhi were awkward for a long time, refusing to eat the porridge he brought, so when he smelled the meat, his stomach suddenly hurt. Stubbing the eunuch, he held back abruptly and swallowed quietly.
Lian Zhi saw that he had put himself into a duck, and sighed helplessly, turned around and said to Yu Jinnian with a half-smile: "Mr. Xiao, don't torture people anymore." He walked outside the door and asked Fu Sheng to take it. He picked up the plate, sat down at the table with a pair of small gold scissors scalded in hot water, and looked at Yu Jinnian.
Yu Jinnian "magnanimously" agreed with him to move his duck.
Lianzhi tore off the other duck leg, and slowly peeled off the shredded meat on top. Picked out the hard-to-chew crispy shell, leaving only the tender meat that was easy to swallow, and then cut it into pieces with scissors, almost like Half of the minced meat. His hands are quick, and things seem to be slow, but they are not procrastinating, and soon there is a small mountain of minced meat on the small plate, dripping with juice.
When he was about to finish cutting, Yu Jinnian stood up suddenly and said, "I'll go to dispense the medicine."
When catching the Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction earlier, Yu Jinnian had reserved the medicine for three days, Lian Zhi looked at him in confusion, for some reason, it was only a day later, and he was going to make the medicine again, could it be Min Ji The condition has changed, do you need to change the medicine? He was confused for a long time, and when he saw Yu Jinnian walking out without saying anything, he suddenly realized - did he deliberately give up this room to him
Lian Zhi smiled at him awkwardly, Yu Jinnian waved his hand, and jumped out of the threshold to play with the little eunuch.
Min Xuefei struggled and said, "Hey, Yu—"
With a creak, the door closed.
"..."
The shredded duck meat was spread on the white rice porridge, and Lianzhi brought the snack plate to the bedside, and without making a sound, he squatted down and took the bowl to feed him. Fresh and juicy meat, fragrant rice, Min Xuefei struggled a lot in his heart, and finally succumbed to hunger, let go of his iron-like mouth, frowned and squeezed the tip of the spoon. The soft porridge is mixed with finely minced meat, and it slides down the throat without chewing too much. Although it is inevitable to involve a little drainage wound between the ribs when swallowing the esophagus, the pleasure of fullness soon surpasses Seeing the pain in his body, he couldn't help sighing comfortably.
Seeing that he was eating comfortably, Lian Zhi also smiled: "Eat a few more bites."
He said to tell people to eat more, but in fact, there was not much in that small bowl. Min Xuefei didn't eat enough, so Lianzhi refused to scoop it up. He just quoted Yu Jinnian's words, saying that he couldn't eat too much in the first few days. If you are full, otherwise it will be difficult to get out of bed, and you are not allowed to use your strength, and it will be very troublesome to go to the toilet and so on.
Speaking of this, Min Xuefei's expression froze suddenly, and immediately stopped asking for food, and stretched out his hand to pull the thin quilt on his body a few times.
Lian Zhi looked at him in bewilderment, thinking how could he suddenly become obedient after fighting wits and bravery for half a day, and how could he suddenly be obedient? What he said, Lian Zhi understood something in a trance, his ears turned red suddenly, and he said in a very low voice: "You... do you... want to..."
"No!" Min Xuefei quickly denied.
There was no movement around the bed for a long time, and for another long time, there were vague footsteps. Min Xuefei was hesitating whether to look back, but he hadn't made up his mind yet—a hand came out from his waist, and he opened his mouth. the quilt, and slipped in to smooth down his obscene pants.
Min Xuefei hurriedly reached out to grab it, and said in horror: "What are you doing?"
Lian Zhi was still tugging on his trouser waist, which seemed to be a very obscene movement, but the words in his mouth were trembling, slightly stammering: "I... you, you want to pee."
Min Xuefei came from a family, so he rarely said such straightforward words, but under Lian Zhi's habit, he blurted out: "I won't let go, let go!"
Lian Zhi whispered: "It's not good to hold it in, the doctor won't let you hold it in."
"..." Min Xuefei tugged at the waistband of his trousers, saw a porcelain tiger in his hand, and immediately said, "You, you put that thing down, and I will-" Before finishing speaking, Lian Zhi put a little effort into the He pulled down his baggy trousers, intending to say that he was inconvenient, and there was no need to struggle for such a trivial matter. Who would want to pull it like this, and the two looked at each other awkwardly, as if Lian Zhi forced him.
Lian Zhi hurriedly brought up the tiger's mouth, pressed down the small mouth, and pointed it at him to tell him to scatter.
Although the arrow was right on the string, how could Min Xuefei still urinate, it was like being executed in public, and he felt so awkward that he wanted to throw himself on the pillow and suffocate to death. Lian Zhi still didn't realize it, his eyes fell on his thing, he was stunned, as if he was dumbfounded, he realized something was wrong for a long time, moved his eyes away a little, and couldn't help but go back to look again, his eyes There is shyness and hotness wrapped in it.
He was cut off when he was eight years old, and all the people he saw in the palace were of the same kind. In the early years, he was with the ladies of the palaces, so he inevitably got some female habits. Later, when he came to Sigongtai, Feng Jian It is even more particular about death. Except for the occasional court officials who glanced briefly, all he could see were guards patrolling in shifts. He had never seen what a man should look like.
Seeing you this time, I feel more novelty and amazement, and even a little bit of excitement—it turns out that real men are like this, and "there" is completely different from eunuchs like them. It's big, fringed, and kind of ugly. Lian Zhi detested its ugliness in his heart, but couldn't help but want to see it, not only wanted to see it, but also wanted to try the feel, and wanted to know the difference between it and his own.
People call them eunuchs, little husbands, things worse than women, just because they lack something. So men's must be better than theirs.
Can't help being a little envious.
Under his straight, almost hot gaze, Min Xuefei's urge to urinate almost turned back, and she couldn't help but become angry from embarrassment: "What are you looking at!"
"Ah." Lian Zhi groaned softly, turned his head in a daze, and rubbed the handle of the tiger with his fingers. His throat was dry, and he swallowed heavily, "I won't look at it, just let it go..."
Min Xuefei endured the uneasiness, and just as soon as he loosened, he was blushed inside and out from the sound of the water jet hitting the porcelain wall. If he could move immediately, he would jump out of bed and run away, he was suffocated to death. Also determined not to show such absurd ugliness in front of this eunuch.
Lianzhi felt as if he had a plum in his mouth, and a mouthful of sour juice came out, and he would swallow it again and again, until the sound behind him stopped, and he took out the veil neatly with his red ears again. When Min Xuefei came to his senses, he quickly went over to "wipe", but to Min Xuefei, this wiping was more like a real twist.
If Lian Zhi hadn't bowed his head afterwards and explained that it was "dirty and needs to be wiped", Min Xuefei would have thought that he was not used to looking at him and wanted to unscrew the things and throw them away.
Min Ji felt as if he had fallen into the sun, falling into his hands, and he deserved to be subjected to these indecent "tortures". Just as he gave up on himself and pulled up his trouser waist, he turned around and saw him delicately wipe the veil that had wiped off the dirt. After stacking it, it looks like a hidden treasure, and you have to tuck it in your lapel. Min Ji was about to die of horror, so he stared at him dumbfounded and said, "What are you doing?! How can you put that thing on your clothes???"
Lian Zhi murmured: "Nothing... I'll let them wash it."
Min Xuefei: "What are you washing, why don't you throw it away! You don't think it's too dirty!"
As if afraid that Min Xuefei would snatch her away, Lian Zhi took two steps back from the side of the couch, eyes drooping: "I'll throw it when I get back..."
Min Xuefei felt that something was wrong in his heart, so he caught sight of the stove on the table: "I think it's just burned."
Lian Zhi said: "No, this is left to me by my mother."
Min Xuefei's head hurt: "...Where did you come from, that handkerchief is clearly something from Xiufang."
Lian Zhi changed his words: "Yes, it belongs to Supervisor Feng."
"Do you dare to use Feng Jian's things to wipe my body?" Min Xuefei felt that he was clearly bullying himself and injured him seriously. "Do you think that my arrow hit the head? You can't be fooled by the shot."
Lian Zhi looked at him in a muffled voice, and even got wronged for no reason. The two confronted each other in a cold voice for a long time. Seeing that Min Xuefei refused to give in, he took two steps back: "I don't." The handkerchief was stuffed into the skirt of the shirt, as if I was a power official and just didn't listen to you, what can you do to me if you are as sick as a dead bird, and if you have the ability to get up and grab it.
Well, finally I don't even bother to find a decent excuse to fool people.
Min Xuefei: "..."
What crime have I committed
That night, because of the incident during the day, Min Xuefei didn't ask Lian Zhi to accompany the night at all. Lian Zhi saw that he had developed the strength to toss around, and it was obvious that he was getting better, so he tensed and relaxed for a while, and no longer Instead of rushing to trouble people, he went back to where he lived.
Supervisor Feng Jian had to soak his feet every night and asked someone to wait on him. Lian Zhi knelt down and massaged the soles of his feet, only to hear "Ouch", Feng Jian lifted his foot and kicked him hard in the heart, kicking the basin together with him. On Lian Zhi.
"It hurts my godfather!" Feng Jian whispered, scolded someone, and reached out to help him regardless of the past, "Oh, dear, it hurts from the fall, so get up and ask godfather to take a look."
Lian Zhi's head was drenched in water, and he got up awkwardly: "...no."
Feng Jian said angrily: "Godfather loves you the most, don't let godfather down."
Lian Zhi didn't say anything, cleaned up the ground, waited for Feng Jian to sleep, and went out with the basin. Seeing him like this, Fusheng took the basin in a hurry, muttering: "The superintendent punished you again?" He wanted to go back to his room to wait on him, but Lian Zhi had already closed the door to keep him out.
He took off his clothes, fell on the couch, and Lianzhi lay wearily, took out the square handkerchief from under the pillow, and looked at it over and over for a while. He had seen enough and just wanted to put it back under the pillow, he thought for a while, then took it out again, tucked it into the quilt, and spread it close to his lower abdomen, then took a deep breath, lay upright, and folded his hands neatly. Folding it on his chest, he closed his eyes expectantly.
According to some old eunuchs, if you put a man's things next to your body, over time, the things will gradually regenerate.
Maybe it's true.